- Record cold temperatures Wednesday
- Weather service warns of frostbite
Arctic winds blast US
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Arctic air brings bone-chilling temperatures to US
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(CNN)Blasts
of Arctic air have brought weather-related deaths, record low
temperatures and historic amounts of snowfall to parts of US.
Four
people died Tuesday in a crash in Kansas in a wreck attributed to icy
roads. Erie, Pennsylvania, is under nearly 64 inches of snow -- the
height of an average adult female. International Falls, Minnesota, set a
record low of -36 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday morning, breaking the
1924 record of -32 degrees.
"When
the city known for being the nation's cold spot breaks a record like
that, you know it's cold," CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said.
Temperatures
will be 10 degrees cooler than usual, except in California, the
Southwest, South Texas and South Florida, Miller said.
"The
core of the coldest air is shifting from the Midwest to the Northeast
today and it will be one of the coldest endings of the year for many,"
in the region, he said. Arctic air coming through Canada at the end of
the week will make New Year's Eve more chilly than usual.
The National Weather Service
has issued frostbite advisories in parts of the Northeast, Midwest,
West and New England -- warning people to keep as much skin covered as
possible.
Frostbite is a danger
to exposed skin within 30 minutes of being in the elements, the weather
service said. Wind chills can lead to hypothermia.
Law
enforcement agencies are warning people to watch for icy conditions
even if the roads appear clear. The Kansas car wreck that killed four
females, a 47-year-old mother, a 20-year-old woman and two teenagers
happened on a raised bridge in Dickinson County, which is in the
north-central part of the state, Kansas highway Patrol Trooper Ben
Gardner said. The vehicle hit the bridge guardrail and went over it,
falling 25 feet onto its top, the report said.
The weather service has detailed winter weather reports region by region.
Correction:
An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect figure for the 1924
record low in International Falls, Minnesota. It was -32 degrees; not
-24 degrees.
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